CHAPTER 143.

State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions.

ARTICLE 31.
Tort Claims against State Departments and Agencies.

Section

§143-291.3. Counterclaims by State.

The filing of a claim under this Article shall constitute consent by the
plaintiff to the jurisdiction of the Industrial Commission to hear and determine
any counterclaim of the maximum amount authorized for a claim in G.S. 143-299.2
or less that may be filed on behalf of a State department, institution or
agency, or a county or city board of education. A final award of the Industrial
Commission awarding damages on a counterclaim shall be filed with the clerk of
the superior court of the county where the case was heard. These awards shall be
docketed and shall be enforceable in the same manner as judgments of the General
Court of Justice. Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 12 of the Rules of
Civil Procedure, nothing in this section shall require the filing of a
counterclaim. (1987
(Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1087, s. 3; 1995, c. 509, s. 82; 1999 (Reg. Sess., 2000).)